Eastern Christians in the Habsburg Monarchy

Abstract

tirades, and sympathy and antipathy. Published before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dawson’s book presciently demonstrates the apolitical potency of celebrity: in 2022, even as the world was forced to confront the imperialist legacy of Catherine’s reign, a third season of Hulu’s TV series, The Great, undoubtedly laden with its usual mix of sex, obscenity, and violence performed for laughs, was being filmed for fans’ delectation. The story of Catherine the Celebrity goes on.